Patricia Schuler

I knew it when I opened the Christmas card and there was only one name on the inside.
Pat Schuler, my Auntie Peaches, was my godmother. She and her husband Bob were frequent guests at our house when I was young and they had a lasting impression on me. Bob was my confirmation sponsor when I was a kid and I found out later that he was the stand-in for my actual godfather when I was christened.
I was in high school when it finally dawned on me that Peaches wasn't my aunt at all; she...